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Author Smith, Ruth, 1947-

Title Handel's oratorios and eighteenth-century thought / Ruth Smith.

Publication Info. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

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 Talbott: Circulating Collection  ML410 .H118 S657 1995    Available  ---
Description xiii, 484 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-466) and index.
Contents Part I. English origins of English oratorio : Artistic norms ; The purpose of art ; Music, morals and religion ; The biblical sublime ; The survival of epic ; The defence of Christianity ; Towards oratorio -- Part II. The patriot libretto from the excise bill to the Jew bill: Israelite oratorios and English politics : Political events and political thought ; Allegorical politics ; Moral politics ; "Esther" to "Athalia" ; In time of war ; Images of government ; The conflict of public and private interests ; Coda : the end of Handel's Israelite oratorios -- Appendix 1. Libretto authors and sources -- Appendix 2. The oratorios and Methodism.
Subject Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Oratorios. Librettos.
Librettos -- 18th century.
Librettos.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Oratorios -- 18th century.
Oratorios.
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Great Britain.
History.
Added Title Handel's oratorios and 18th-century thought
Handel's oratorios & eighteenth-century thought
Handel's oratorios & 18th-century thought
ISBN 0521402654